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Auditing
The systematic review and examination of an individual's or organization’s accounting records to verify their accuracy.
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Write-off
Accounting; Auditing
Cancellation of part or all of a balance. Costs incurred that have no future utility are charged (written-off) to an expense or loss account, not carried forward as an asset.
Control environment
Accounting; Auditing
Is the attitude, awareness, and actions of the board, management, owners, and others about the importance of control. This includes integrity and ethical rules, commitment to competence, board or ...
Write-up
Accounting; Auditing
In dollar terms a write-up is an intentional over-valuation of assets. In narrative terms a description of something or some event.
Control policies and procedures
Accounting; Auditing
Control activities are the policies and procedures that help ensure management directives are carried out. Those pertinent to an audit include performance reviews, information processing, physical ...
Control risk
Accounting; Auditing
The risk that material error in a balance or transaction class will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal controls.
Self-checking digit
Accounting; Auditing
An extra digit is added to a number. The extra digit is computed from the other digits in the number. The computer programme can then cheque input by recomputing and comparing the cheque digit. This ...
